Edith Wharton Cultural Center

The wait is over! The Mount reopens May 9 ✨ Welcome to our 2026 theme: Let Your Mind and Spirit Soar From author talks and cultural conversations to live jazz, dance, sculpture, and writing workshops, The Mount is alive with experiences that invite you to think, feel, and create. 🎟️ Tickets go on sale for members on April 28 & May 5 for the general public 🌷 Highlights of the season: – Summer Author Series (July 6 – August 25) – In Conversation with André Bernard (July 16 – August 20) – NEW: New York Stories series (July 8 – August 26) – Writing workshops, jazz, dance, sculpture + more – Free kids programming every Sunday (June–August) Whether you come for the conversations, the creativity, or to explore the grounds, there’s something here for you. We can’t wait to welcome you back! ✨ Explore the full season + plan your visit: / #TheMount #EdithWharton #Berkshires #SummerInTheBerkshires #CulturalCenter

Five voices. Five unforgettable conversations. One summer series you won’t want to miss! 📍 In Conversation with André Bernard 📅 July 16 – August 20 This summer at The Mount, join André Bernard, former Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for a dynamic series of conversations with some of today’s most influential voices shaping culture, politics, literature, and public life. From journalism and global affairs to fiction and contemporary thought, each evening offers a rare opportunity to hear from leading thinkers and storytellers in an intimate setting. This year features Jodi Kantor, Max Boot, David H. Petraeus, Kiran Desai, and Lawrence Wright. Learn more and grab your tickets on our website!

This summer, stories come alive at The Mount 📚✨ Our Summer Author Series returns July 6 – August 25 with a lineup of unforgettable conversations exploring the lives, ideas, and moments that shaped history and culture. Travel from modern Russia to America’s Founding Era, from Paris on the brink of WWII to the lasting cultural impact of Bruce Lee. Discover fresh perspectives on iconic figures including Dolly Parton, Jessica Mitford, Samuel Alito, and James Baldwin through vivid storytelling and thought-provoking discussion. Join us for a season of ideas, conversation, and inspiration. Visit our website to learn more.

Tulips over the years at The Mount! 🌷 It's that time of year again! Come stroll the gardens, take in the spring blooms, and enjoy the beauty of the season all around the estate. A perfect way to welcome warmer days in the Berkshires. #TheMount #LenoxMa #VisitLenox #Lenoxlove #Tulipseason

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at The Mount. 🌿 Today, we’re thinking of the mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, artists, nurturers, and storytellers who shape the world! Wishing you a beautiful day.

It's opening day at The Mount! 😍🌷 Will you be joining us for a garden stroll or Mansion tour this weekend? #BerkshiresEvents #themountlenox #visittheberkshires #LenoxLove

A summer of creativity, conversation, and inspiration awaits! 🌷 Throughout the season, The Mount comes alive with stories, music, movement, and performance—from Gilded Age fashion and The Jazz Barn to Olga Dunn Dance Company, Wharton on Wednesdays, Free Youth & Family Sundays, and so much more! Tickets are on sale now! Browse our website and see what inspires you.

The Mansion Opens May 9th! Just in time for you to spend Mother’s Day surrounded by beauty, history, and meaningful connection here at The Mount. 🌷 Stroll the blooming gardens, tour the historic mansion, enjoy lunch on the Terrace, and discover the perfect present for Mom in our Gift & Bookstore. 🤗 Plan your Mother’s Day visit on our website: EdithWharton.org

Only one week left until the season begins!✨ On May 9th, The Mount reopens for a new season of discovery and creativity. Step inside for house tours that bring Edith Wharton’s vision to life, wander the grounds with garden tours in bloom, and experience a full lineup of programs and events—from author talks and live music to family activities and creative workshops. We can’t wait to welcome you back! Opening Day: May 9 Tickets on sale now 🎟️ Visit our website to plan your visit

🎷 Happy International Jazz Day 🎶 Today, we celebrate the power of jazz—an art form that brings people together across cultures, generations, and borders. At The Mount, the spirit of jazz comes alive all summer long. Join us for an inspiring lineup of live music this season: ✨ Sounds of Summer kicks off with the Natalia Bernal Quintet on June 11. Sure to be an evening of soulful jazz on the lawn (bring a blanket + picnic!) ✨ Music in the Moment (July 23) features jazz pianist Peggy Stern and saxophonist Alex Coke in an intimate performance exploring the creative process ✨ The Jazz Barn (August 16) dives into the rich history of jazz in the Berkshires through storytelling and conversation ✨ Later in the season (August 27), GATO6 and local jazz vocalist, Suzi Stern, return for a lively Sounds of Summer evening! Whether you’re a lifelong jazz lover or simply looking for a magical summer outing, we invite you to experience the rhythm, creativity, and community that jazz inspires. 🎟️ Explore the full lineup + plan your visit: /events/category/music/ #InternationalJazzDay #JazzAtTheMount #TheMountLenox #BerkshiresEvents #LiveJazz #SummerAtTheMount

We're excited to be part of the inaugural Berkshire Book Con - community-wide celebration of reading and writing, designed to bring adults together around a shared love of books in the Berkshires. Come find us in the Exhibit Hall from 2-4 pm at the Berkshire Athenaeum, where we’ll be showcasing our work! We hope to see you at other parts of the event as well, including the author talk with local author Shelly Jay Shore, and the segments happening at Hot Plate Brewing Co., including the Book Fair, Social Hour, and Trivia Night. It’s a full day of bookish fun, and we’d love to see you there. Check out the Berkshire Athenaeum website for full event details!

Ten years ago, we published an article on Lila Berle, written by Karen Berger and photographed by Matt Petricone. We learned this week that Lila passed away at the age of 89. Here is an excerpt from the story: Lila’s family is six generations deep in the Berkshires, from great-grandparents who arrived sometime in the 1860s to 15 grandchildren. When she was 16, Lila and her future husband courted in a Berkshire hayfield. Two of her four children still live in the area …. As we speak, two grandchildren are lying under a tractor trying to fix some metal teeth that have been damaged by the infamous New England rocks. It’s a life that called to her from her childhood at High Lawn Farm in Lee. But her father considered heavy-duty farm chores unsuitable for a girl. Instead, she rode her horse all over the property, becoming intimately familiar with every fold of the land. It was a natural step to study  ecology at Smith College, and in a neat twist of fate, she married her hayfield suiter—Peter Berle, who had similar interests and would become president of the National Audubon Society  from 1985 to 1995, before his death in 2007. Even while living in New York for 12 years, she kept a foothold in the Berkshires. “Peter was saving the world, and I was local,” she says, which understates her work as  president or chairman of the board of 14 Berkshire cultural, educational, and community institutions. Two are particularly close to her heart. Her 40-year association with The Mount has familial roots—her great-grandparents attended Edith Wharton’s very first luncheon there; later, as a girl, she rode her horse all over the property. Her association with the Norman Rockwell Museum is similarly personal, beginning with an acquaintance with Molly Rockwell, Norman’s third wife, and loading stones from her farmland in Monument Valley and donated them so the museum’s stonework would be “authentically Berkshire.”  We will miss you, Lila. Your legacy lives on in the land, the people, and the institutions of the Berkshires. ❤️